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Australopithecine Evolution

Australopithecine Evolution is a theoretical framework within paleoanthropology that explains the morphological and behavioral transitions among early hominin species in the genus Australopithecus through adaptive responses to shifting ecological pressures during the Pliocene epoch.

384

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28.9K

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782

Authors

369

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2017–2026

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Publications

384

<i>Australopithecus sediba</i> : A New Species of <i>Homo</i> -Like Australopith from South Africa

Lee R. Berger, Darryl J. de Ruiter, Steven E. Churchill et al. · Science · 2010 · 592 citations

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Environment and Behavior of 2.5-Million-Year-Old Bouri Hominids

Jean de Heinzelin, J. Desmond Clark, Tim D. White et al. · Science · 1999 · 502 citations

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Evolutionary History of the “Robust” australopithecines

Terry Harrison · International Journal of Primatology · 1991 · 492 citations

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Diet and the evolution of the earliest human ancestors

Mark F. Teaford, Peter S. Ungar · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2000 · 489 citations

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Arboreality and Bipedality in the Hadar Hominids

Randall L. Susman, Jack T. Stern, William L. Jungers · Folia Primatologica · 1984 · 459 citations

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Authors

782

  1. HM
    Henry M. McHenry

    University of California, Davis, United States

    11 publications · 986 citations

    11

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  2. LR
    Lee R. Berger

    University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

    10 publications · 1.7K citations

    10

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  3. MH
    Milford H. Wolpoff

    University of Michigan, United States

    9 publications · 656 citations

    9

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  4. BW
    Bernard Wood

    George Washington University, United States

    8 publications · 679 citations

    8

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  5. TD
    Tim D. White

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    8 publications · 1.5K citations

    8

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Institutions

369

  1. University of the Witwatersrand

    Johannesburg, South Africa

    28 h-index

    85 publications

    13.1K citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    16 h-index

    52 publications

    3.8K citations

  3. Stony Brook University

    Stony Brook, United States

    14 h-index

    17 publications

    2.2K citations

  4. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    12 h-index

    19 publications

    2.4K citations

  5. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

    Leipzig, Germany

    12 h-index

    23 publications

    2.3K citations

  6. National Museums of Kenya

    Nairobi, Kenya

    11 h-index

    18 publications

    2.4K citations

  7. George Washington University

    Washington, United States

    11 h-index

    26 publications

    2.9K citations

  8. Arizona State University

    Tempe, United States

    11 h-index

    27 publications

    4.1K citations

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Venues

  1. American Journal of Physical Anthropology

    48 publications · 3.8K citations

    36

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  2. Journal of Human Evolution

    JHE · 49 publications · 3.5K citations

    34

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  3. Science

    26 publications · 4.2K citations

    22

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  4. Nature

    29 publications · 2.6K citations

    21

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  5. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 13 publications · 2.2K citations

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